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A Cry to War

by Enosadeda Odiase

A generation has passed, and the devastation of war is slowly fading away but the scars remain, lingering in the hearts and minds of many. In an era of peace, King Ewuare remains conflicted, torn between opening closed wounds or allowing his reign of peace and prosperity to continue. As the King tries to resolve his moral conflict, the gods have a different agenda. Sinister and supernatural forces amass on the summit of the Agbon mountains, deep into the clouds, where no man dare stray, where... more

A Dance for The Gods

by Enosadeda Odiase

Journey through ancient Africa by immersing yourself in this riveting story. View the world through the eyes of the enthralling characters as they dance to the hymns played by whatever gods they serve. King Ewuare is dead; another King has been captured. Now, vultures are circling to devour the once-great kingdom, Mombaka. Across all five kingdoms below the Moon Sea, new alliances are being forged to replace old ones as Kings and Queens vie for power. After betraying and leading her husband t... more

The Message

by Michael Hansen

At the end of World War II, in disregard of international agreements, Soviet Union imposed communism in the areas given to it as Sphere of Influence. With this, a new value system was introduced into people’s lives with consequences no one could predict. Reviewing his life in communist Romania, the author shows how a changed way of thinking determined a changed way of living, how Marxism altered the nation’s psychology and, in the end, ruined its own goals.

NAIMERA: Absence of Grace

by michael ganzberger

AGENT MIKE MURPHY is leaving the FBI to join SGSI, a top-secret defense tech company, contracted to the US government. When Mike’s new boss - Peter Strauss - learns that his daughter, Grace, has been kidnapped in Guatemala, he turns to Mike for help. While Mike’s connections track Grace’s kidnappers, Strauss shows Mike that he and SGSI possess their own special resources… resources beyond anything Mike could ever have possibly imagined. He introduces Mike to the NAIMERA: advanced, mission... more

Through this strange window

by Edgar Smith

This is a collection of short stories dealing in the supernatural and metaphysical, while posting intriguing philosophical questions and pushing the reader through, at times, uncomfortable pathways. Themes such as identity, death, the beyond, hell, the occult, aliens, and fate are discussed throughout the book in a series of powerfully engaging (at times, disturbing) tales.

Last Strand

by Jennifer Estep

Every bloody thread has been leading to this . . . I’ve battled a lot of bad guys in my time, both as Gin Blanco and as the notorious assassin the Spider. But I’ve never faced off against anyone quite as powerful and deadly as the dastardly leader of the Circle secret society. Just when I finally have a lead on how I can defeat the evil group once and for all, new information comes to light that throws me for a loop. Suddenly, everyone and everything I love is in imminent peril of being de... more

The Sallow Scourge

by E Stuart Marlowe

On the cusp of becoming maidens, twin Queens Allison and Joie Wynpenny have spent the past year trapped inside their castle. The Sallow Scourge has their kingdom in its grip. Whether curse or contagion, the wisemen do not yet know. What is known is that it causes the afflicted to commit severe bodily harm, while disrupting the balance of magic throughout the realm.

Both queens decide that something drastic must be done, though each has a very different solution. Allison vows to seek out... more

Dark Apprentice: Fall of Magic Book One

by Val Neil

A psychopathic wizard. An immortal mage. An epic battle of wills. Nikolai doesn’t want much out of life: sex, immortality, and the power to disembowel anyone who crosses him. But with dark magic forbidden, his only option is Medea–a mage so deadly even the Enforcers give her a wide berth. Despite dire warnings that her apprentices don’t survive, Nikolai won’t stop until she agrees to train him. After all, he’s a killer himself. Barbaric and brutal, the training is a far cry from what Nikol... more

A Song of Sirens

by Pandora Pandora

A new era has dawned, giving rise to women called Sirens. Imbued with god-like powers of the Universe, they are a force unlike any the World has ever seen. Will the Sirens use their amazing powers to help or destroy humanity? With the birth of every new Siren, heroines and villains will be forged in the fire that shapes the fate of the World.

Hall Of Skulls

by Jamie Eubanks

The abduction of a Mokuteki female kicks off this sci-fi adventure of interstellar travel, alien invasions, and a confrontation with those who attacked Kai’s world 2000 years earlier.

The new provisional leader of the Mokuteki must undergo a testing phase to prove himself worthy of a leadership position. His people, once a technologically advanced species, had believed themselves invincible until their complacency resulted in an alien attack that had left his world ... more

To Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth: About the Breaking of the Day

by Hugh Cameron

With small colonies established on the moon and on Mars, the Prometheus Group struggles to increase the number of people living off Earth before widespread breakdown of civilization occurs in the Western world and catastrophic numbers try to escape, leading inevitably to overcrowding and conflict, which would likely see the colonies fail. A major war on Earth would mean the loss of the ability to resupply space colonies, so establishing independence is a priority.
There is a continued se... more

Taken

by Mary Brock Jones

Fix your planet before we have to, warns the Alliance—and then we’ll take it from you. All Ethan Winter ever wanted was to run his family’s solar energy business. But that business has been attacked, he’s been imprisoned and brutalised, his planet threatened, and to save anything he has to work with a woman set on fighting him every step of the way. The planet Arcadia’s environment is dangerously unbalanced and the Alliance is demanding they fix it or lose their home world. The Alliance of Hu... more

Pride of Ashna

by Emmanuel M Arriaga

In the Outer Rim, a lawless region of space filled with violence, a young girl vows vengeance against the marauding pirate bands who brutally murdered her family. After enlisting with the zealous matriarchal Ashna Maidens who attempt to police the Outer Rim, Serah'Elax quickly becomes a powerful weapon. Meanwhile, a ruthless pirate band has taken over a cruise ship deep within Alliance space. They run into unexpected trouble when they encounter a few members of the highly trained force of ... more

The Unburned Island

by Auden Johnson

The entire island was on fire yet only one schoolhouse burned. Everyone disappeared. Several tried taking it over but were never successful. People no longer talk about the Unburned Island. It was left to rot. Years later, Kiran, En and a team of magical investigators travel to the island to banish whatever haunts an old building. It takes them no time to realize the building isn’t the problem. The island is. With En acting strange, they knew this wouldn’t be a simple job. Kiran develops a... more

The Dakker Chronicles: Birth of the Defiance

by Matt Gerwitz

Some 150 years after colonists first arrived from Earth, the galaxy is very heavily populated. Settled planets are thriving and unsettled planets are being explored. Each planet and solar system are politically independent, though a Galactic Council does exist to provide a unifying force across the galaxy. Despite the many successes of the new galactic experiment, the original founder’s dream of Utopia was never realized. Planetary governments continue putting on a good show, making the people ... more

Creepy Sheen

by Rebecca Gransden

Ten Stories. For decades, Humankind sent transmissions around the globe. In addition to reaching every corner of the planet, the signals travelled beyond, into the dark void of space. All of broadcast history made its way gracefully through the stars, racing into the unknown—until the mid 1980s, when nuclear mushroom clouds plumed in the skies of Earth’s Third World War. The magnitude of the explosions caused the extinction of life on Earth, and sent a shockwave through the fabric of real... more

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